This is the city: Los Angeles, California. I work here. I'm an ex-mayor. Los Angeles is a magnet for people from all over the world. Some of them run for public office. Inevitably some of them stray from the golden rule and rule for those that have the gold. That's when I go to work. My name is Yorty. I'm a dead pol.

Its one thing to attack Gill Cedillo for his policy issues, we have, but attacking a candidate by using family members who have done nothing wrong, is beyond reproach and should be rightfully repudiated.

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I don't get it. The article says that Cedillo used the death of his wife to explain why he didn't vote on AB 32, and then admitted he was wrong when confronted with the facts. It doesn't seem like this is a case of the independent expenditure injecting this into the race, when it appears that Gil did himself, in an attempt to gain sympathy?

Sorry, but I agree with nokalehere. I had heard that it was a hit piece on Cedillo's deceased wife and was appalled...until I saw the piece (thnx for posting it). Now I am a little disappointed at Gil for using it as an excuse for walking on a vote. Not cool. I also viewed the video of him actually doing it. It has a feel of a sympathy story that kinda blew up in his face since, it seems, the story was accurately reported.

Gil sent out a robocall for Mother's Day talking about his mother, mentioning that she passed away last year. It's sad that he has lost both his mother and his wife. But such bad taste for him to blatantly attempt to tap into those sympathies for pure political gain. And then to use the death of his wife to explain a vote that he skipped, even though it was years after she passed. Shame on him, and whoever is running his campaign.